Lineox™ Enterprise Linux 4.0 updates
Note that we are in process of buildind update repositories for Lineox Enterprise Linux 4.0 and
currently there is only apt-get repository for x86 architecture, but more will become available soon.
During the first month after the first updates are available, all
packages will be placed in freely accessible repository. This helps us to
test the system and familiarizes potential customers with our service.
Lineox provides updated packages for Lineox™ Enterprise Linux 4.0
with an automated system which offers new packages usually in less than 12 hours
after security, feature enhancement or bug fix packages have been released as source code.
If multiple packages are released simultaneously or packages take a long time to compile
(like the Linux kernel), it may take longer for Lineox to release binary packages.
Free Versus Paid Service
Lineox™ Enterprise Linux 4.0 updates are available for free, but with 30 days delay.
Note that if you would like to get them from our mirrors, the delay might be longer.
Our download server(s) run a script each night which automatically makes older
than 30 days packages publicly available.
If you would like to get the updates faster, you should purchase our Updates
license. If you have more machines than 50, you may also buy Enterprise type of Updates license,
which means that you get rsync access to our repository and can build your own local repository
(there is no need to make repository databases, they get copied by rsync, but you need to
set up a method to share the files and also set up restrictions to limit access to your site.)
You can get automated announcements about new updated packages by
joining a mailing list at
http://www.raimokoski.com/mailman/listinfo/lel4_upgrade_announce.
Mailing list membership will always remain free. This mailing list
will also receive announcements about changes and planned changes
in the service. You may also want to join
Enterprise-watch-list, which has more information about the source packages from which Lineox builds
binary packages.
Updated packages are available from
http://www.raimokoski.com/lineox/updates/lel4/.
The preferred method to update packages is to use the apt-get package manager. Just add the following lines to
/etc/apt/sources.list:
rpm http://user:password@www.raimokoski.com/ lineox/updates/lel4/i386 updates
rpm-src http://user:password@www.raimokoski.com/ lineox/updates/lel4/i386 updates
# Base os
rpm http://www.raimokoski.com/ pub/lineox/4.0/i386/os/Lineox os
# x86_64 rpm http://user:password@www.raimokoski.com/ lineox/updates/lel4/x86_64 updates
# Base os
#rpm http://www.raimokoski.com/ pub/lineox/4.0/x86_64/os/Lineox os
If you would like to use yum, add the following lines to your /etc/yum.conf file:
[base]
name=Lineox Enterprise Linux 4.0 - $basearch - Base
baseurl=http://www.raimokoski.com/lineox/4.0/$basearch/Lineox/RPMS
gpgcheck=1
[paid updates]
name=Lineox Enterprise Linux 4.0 - $basearch - Updates
baseurl=http://user:password@www.raimokoski.com/lineox/updates/lel4/$basearch/RPMS
gpgcheck=1
Replace user:password with username and password you got from Lineox in all of the listings above.
You can use up2date only to get free updates because up2date can't handle user:password,
so it is currently unusable with paid downloads.
Updated packages are available from
http://www.raimokoski.com/pub/lineox/4.0/updates/.
The packages can be updated using the apt-get package manager. Just add the following lines to
/etc/apt/sources.list or download
updated version with all the mirrors defined (uncomment the one nearest you):
rpm http://www.raimokoski.com/ pub/lineox/4.0/updates/i386 updates
rpm-src http://www.raimokoski.com/ pub/lineox/4.0/updates/i386 updates
# Base os
rpm http://www.raimokoski.com/ pub/lineox/4.0/i386/os/Lineox os
# x86_64 version
#rpm http://www.raimokoski.com/ pub/lineox/4.0/updates/x86_64 updates
#rpm-src http://www.raimokoski.com/ pub/lineox/4.0/updates/x86_64 updates
# Base os
#rpm http://www.raimokoski.com/ pub/lineox/4.0/x86_64/os/Lineox os
If you would like to use yum, add the following lines to your /etc/yum.conf file:
[base]
name=Lineox Enterprise Linux 4.0 - $basearch - Base
baseurl=http://www.raimokoski.com/pub/lineox/4.0/$basearch
gpgcheck=1
[updates]
name=Lineox Enterprise Linux 4.0 - $basearch - Updates
baseurl=http://www.raimokoski.com/pub/lineox/4.0/updates/$basearch/RPMS
gpgcheck=1
Your third option is to use up2date. Add the following lines to your /etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources file:
### Lineox Enterprise Linux 3.x channels
yum lel4 http://www.raimokoski.com/pub/lineox/4.0/$basearch/Lineox/RPMS
yum lel4-Updates http://www.raimokoski.com/pub/lineox/4.0/updates/$basearch/RPMS
All the packages will be signed by Lineox, but the automatic system doesn't sign them,
they are signed by a human after they have been verified to install properly. Before you can
check the signature, you must import the GPG signature using command "rpm --import http://www.lineox.com/RPM-GPG-KEY".
You can find the RPM-GPG-KEY file from the root directory of the (first) Lineox Linux DVD/CD-ROM or you
can download it. After installing it, you can check the signature of
an rpm package with command "rpm -K rpm-package.rpm".
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